What TV do you watch live?

My blogging buddy Jaquandor asked: “Of the teevee shows you watch these days, how many of them do you actually watch on the teevee in their actual timeslot on whatever network carries them, as opposed to DVRing or Hulu-ing or On Demanding or downloading?”

I watch almost nothing in real time. Maybe the Super Bowl, and I’ve been known to pause and/or record that too. Most of my shows are on in the evening, when I’m absorbed in working on homework with The Child. I sure don’t want to have the news on at that time; too depressing. JEOPARDY! is too distracting.

So, no, I haven’t watched The Debate; I recorded it, but I realized it was taking up too much room on the DVR, especially since my wife is already behind on her Dancing with the Stars, and that is a machine hog. So I deleted the debate and decided I’ll watch it here.

Of course, it’ll be impossible to miss the analysis of who “won”, but I’ll judge it for myself, probably over the three-day weekend.

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Regarding watching shows live, it is tough to do these days, what with DVR’s and On Demand and Hulu and the like. Usually for me it’s SportsCenter in the morning; Pardon the Interruption when I get home from the day job. Football on the weekends, of course. Considering I’m paying an extra $6/month for NFL Network these days, I may as well use it, right?